The initiation of Avigdor Lieberman — widely regarded as an outright racist — into Ehud Olmert’s Israeli government seems to have already brought a taste of things to come. For the past week, the Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun has been made a ground zero by the Israeli army. By Tuesday, more than 260 Palestinians lay dead and injured, with 53 fatalities — women, children and ambulance drivers among them.